Hi ladies!A quick post just to show you my New Year's Eve Manicure... I did a water marble because I was missing this kind of nail art, I realized my last water marble one year ago!Here I used H&M Gold as a base because I wanted to add a warm gold touch to the background of the water marble; for the main design I used Orly Torrid, the best festive red of the last years, and OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. This polish is very hard to describe... It's a stunning, amazing, prismatic product. Depending on the light, it can be blue, green, purple or silver... Pure love at the first coat!I used three different patterns depending on the nail: I did zebra, Christmas Poinsetta and spider web designs.Well, this is my last post of the year and I wish you a super funny New Year's Eve party. I really hope that the new year will be great for all of you and that your expectations won't be disappointed.To me, 2012 was a horrible year, I don't think that 2013 will be better but I won't stop hoping for better times. I also hope that I'll have the strenght to face all the new challenges of my life.A big hug to all of you, I want to thank you for your support during this year of blogging, thank you for every comment, thank you for every single visit, thank you thank you and thank you!

MAC Guilty Passions - 4 Brilliantly Cool Crushed Metallic PigmentsMAC MAC Luxurious Pink Lip Look BagI fell in love with every single kit that MAC made for Holiday 2012. I love the packaging, it's so cute, funny, wll-finished... And sometimes a bit kitsch!!!I chose this kits (not only for the post, they were under my Christmas tree too!) because I think they had the best value for money. I'm deeply in love with Crushed Metallic Pigments (last year I bought a holiday kit with the blue version), maybe they're not the easiest to apply but I think they're great products; if you pay attention during application and you use them in small quantities, you can create stunning and super bright looks. Only a few words for Lip Look Bag: the pochette is so lovely, seriously, have you ever seen anything kitscher????? I won't say anything about the quality of lipstick and lipgloss, we all know... But I have to say that this shade of pink is perfect for me!

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in Camp RockSmall price, great quality. This cream eyeshadow lasts for hours and hours without a primer. I also love the color, a grey with a touch of blue and a slightly metallic finish. Fabulous!

Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color in Adrenaline e Big BangIt was love at the first sight. These lip pencils are highly pigmented, they have a wonderful longevity and they're easy to apply. They are available in eight super shimmered shades, and I picked Adrenaline (bright fuchsia) and Big Bang (bright pink).

Sleek iDivine Glory
Mi piace il concept (Olimpiadi 2012), mi piace che abbiano abbinato i nomi delle linee della metropolitana al colore corrispondente, mi piacciono i colori in sé, e la qualità è molto buona, soprattutto se guardiamo al prezzo. La palette che mi ha fatto capitolare nelle grinfie di Sleek (mi sa che ero l'unica al mondo a non avere mia preso nessuno dei loro prodotti).Sleek iDivine GloryI love the concept (it was created for the Olympic Games), I love the fact that the names of the different underground lines matched with colors, I love every single shade and I love the quality of the palette. This is my first Sleek product, I had never considered this brand for a purchase before I saw Glory for the first time.

ABC Challenge is over, but as I already wrote a couple of times, we have many other projects that will start soon.Just to say "farewell" to my first polished marathon, I have a few stats and a nice collage for you.

During the Challenge I showed 20 individual polishes of 20 different brands. Moreover I made 8 nail arts.Four polishes were by Italian brands, six of them were by European brands and ten of them were by extra UE brands.Green and purple were my fav colors for this marathon (5 entries each), four posts featured a blue or light blue polish, three polishes were pink, two red/brown and only one polish was black.About the finish: creme was the most popular, holographic and shimmer followed with three entries each, then duochrome and neon (two posts each) and then matte, flakies and foil (one polish each).If you want to see all the protagonists you can click on the label ABC Challenge 2012.Here above there's a collage of my fav pics. That's all I have for you today, have a nice evening and see you soon!

Hi ladies,and welcome back to ABC Challenge! This is the final post, sigh sob.Since the beginning of the Challenge I picked Zoya for the last letter. But I wasn't sure about the shade... I wanted a matte and I didn't know which one to choose between Posh (an intense red) and Dovima.In the end I wore Dovima because I didn't want to show another red polish during the festive period. Anyway: Dovima (from MatteVelvet Collection for Winter 2009-2010) is an intense black with a matte shimmer (or suede, if you prefer) finish.Its pigmentation is really high, it could be a one coater, and its formula is quite thick. Since this polish also dries lightning fast, you have to be very careful and fast during application.Longevity is not the best ever, I tried to use a rubberized base coat or even using the sandwich method, but this polish chips after three days.We all know that actually there are lots of matte top coats available and they can transform any polish in a matte. But I think that Zoya mattes (or suedes) have a kind of effect that it's impossible to obtain with a matte topper. For this reason I am very happy with the four mattes I own (Dovima, Posh, Veruschka and Savita).Well, this is the end of ABC Challenge. It was a long but beautiful marathon and I'm sorry that it's over. We are already planning other challenges so stay tuned!Thank you for reading and watching this and the past posts, hope you enjoyed every single of them and... See you soon!

This is an "alternative" post. You know, it's quite odd to wear a neon polish during the winter. It's even odder to show a neon polish on Christmas Eve.
Anyway, this was my pick for letter Y: Color Club Youthquake.It's a very particular color: in the bottle it looks like a neon pink.
But if you wear it alone, it will look like a neon orange-coral. If you apply it over a white base, it will appear like a neon pink. Quite strange, don't you think? You can see this difference on my nails: on the index and on the middle there are four (yes, FOUR) coats of Youthquake. On the ring and on the pinkie there are two coats of Youthquake over one coat of Orly Dayglow. Its formula is great, which is a good thing, considering that you have to do many coats of this polish. Drying time is a bit longer than usual and longevity is quite good. Well, that's all I have for you today, I have to hurry up because I'm late for my Christmas Eve dinner. But before to go, I want to wish to all of you a great Christmas.
Best wishes and many hugs from Italy!

Hi ladies!Last year I didn't have the time to make a sort of compilation of my fav products of the year. I was really sorry about that because I love this kind of post. So, for this year I planned three posts about my "best of 2012", and the first one is about... Nail polish, of course!Let's start!

Layla - Hologram Effect Collection 16 shades in two rounds. All of them have a strong, dramatic, eye-catching linear holo effect.When I wear one of them, I receive a lot of compliments and people want to know where I bought that polish. A big success not only in Italy but worldwide!

Orly - Feel the Vibe CollectionAgain: if you're a neon fan, you can't skip this collection. Four stunning retina-burning shades plus a gorgeous black enriched with loads of colorful shimmers and a versatile white.

Hi ladies!A short post before a new letter of our ABC Challenge (three more to go!). I'm going to show you Layla Ceramic Effect #53, also called Killing Red.This was sent me by Francesca in a mini swap we did a few weeks ago. She had to send me this polish twice, because the first package never arrived... Maybe a smart and honest worker of our Postal Service liked this polish that much that he/she decided to keep it for him/herself....Apart from this, Killing Red is a beautiful jelly red with lots of red and gold flakies (and a few green ones). Formula is perfect and application was super easy. In my pics you can see the result of two generous coats and drying time is quite fast.I applied it yesterday so I still have to test its longevity... Stay tuned!I think this is a perfect shade for holidays, and it could be great for these ladies who want something classic with a bit of "spice".You will see this polish also tomorrow, it is the base color for the nail art I did for letter X of our polished marathon. That's all I have for you today, have a nice evening!

-4. Our marathon is going to end soon. Are you sad for this? Are you happy? Or maybe you don't care at all...!Well, today I show you my letter W, and I picked another nail art. You probably remember that I love water marbles, I think I'm quite good with that technique, but I wanted to change and experiment another kind of nail art: watercolor nails.The "secret" ingredient of this nail art is acetone, which is usually the #1 enemy of nail polish.I started painting my nails with two coats of Orly Dayglow and applying a top coat over it; I think this is a very important step: before realizing this nail art on my nails, I did a couple of tests on fake nails without applying a top coat and the result was very messy. The top coat will protect your base and you will be able to create your "impressionist" effect only on the surface of your nails.Then I applied three tiny drops of the first polish I picked for the design and I dipped my brush in the acetone, and then start spreading the blobs of color. I did the same with all the other colors I chose.Pay attention to clean your brush when you change color.In this case, I applied the nail polishes in this order: Color Club Youthquake (neon fuchsia), Tangerine Scream (neon orange),
Orly Glowstick (neon yellow) and Catrice Blue Cara Ciao (intense blue).Just a few tips: use pure acetone, and not a nail polish remover - this can contain parfums or other ingredients that can interfer, moreover acetone works faster; choose a brush with round and soft bristles - mine was too hard and it was a nightmare!; just to give you an idea of the size of the brush, choose between #4 and #6, depending on the shape and lenght of your nails; the strongest color (here Catrice Blue Cara Ciao) should be the last to be applied; choose pigmented polishes, since the acetone will strongly fade their color.Hope you'll like this nail art, if you want a video tutorial for this technique feel free to ask... And don't forget to check the other ladies' entries!